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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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cur·few
/ ˈkərˌfyoō/
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n.
a regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night.
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the hour designated as the beginning of such a restriction:
to be out after curfew without permission.
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the daily signal indicating this.
ORIGIN: Middle English (denoting a regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening, or a bell rung at that hour): from Old French cuevrefeu, from cuvrir ‘to cover’ + feu ‘fire.’ The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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CURFEWS FOR TEENS SHOW SIGNS OF LESSENING CRIME.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/3/1996; 700+ words
; ...which many cities' curfews begin. The Washington...enact a statewide curfew, but several communities...say their city's curfew decreased juvenile...That same year, curfews also were imposed...imposed juvenile curfews. In Dallas in 1995...full year of the curfew, the police picked...
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Juvenile curfews: The rights of minors vs. the rhetoric of public safety
Magazine article from: Human Rights; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...form of a nocturnal curfew.1 As curfews become more widespread...little support for curfew enforcement. A 1998 study of juvenile curfews in California...jurisdictions with curfews against the rate...concluded that "curfew enforcement generally...
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 "SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)")
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Curfew confusion: Does anybody really know what time it is?
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 7/13/2008; 700+ words
; ...of what the driving curfew is on a particular...the walking-about curfews in any given hometown...exceptions to every curfew rule. For example...the state's driving curfew. And walking-about curfews only apply to public...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Curfew plan stalls despite approval
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/5/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 12-05-2005 Curfew plan stalls despite approval -- Opponents...Editions PATERSON - The only thing about a curfew that everyone seems to agree on is that...781 to ask the City Council to enact a curfew to keep youths off the streets at night...
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Curfew Plan Targets Violent Teens; Council Member Seeks to Halt Rise in Juvenile Crime in District
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/31/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...that would be covered by the new curfew. Many of those youngsters...already are under court-imposed curfews, juvenile court observers said...depend on parents to enforce the curfews judges set. The curfew times aren't entered into any...
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Curfew for Youths Becomes Law in D.C.; Barry Cites Safety; Questions About Enforcement, Legality Remain
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/7/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...be out late at night. The curfew will be from midnight to 6...During the school year, the curfew for weeknights will be 11 p...cities that are resorting to curfews to control the behavior of...administration officials said the curfew is meant to mesh with other...
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CURFEW PUT TO VOTERS' TEST
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 10/30/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...them or by crafting a `constitutional curfew.' By definition, a curfew is un-American." Torres said critics are clinging to dated ideas about curfews. He envisions coupling the curfew with social programs for teenagers. He...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Teen curfews; Curfews aren't a cure-all, officials say Law enforcement officials say they are important as a tool that enables them to locate kids who need help and perhaps to provide them with guidance.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/25/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...enacted a uniform curfew for kids 17 and...they emphasize, curfews are not a cure...our resources on curfews, we can measure...think a uniform curfew contributes as...enact their own curfews. This is St. Paul's curfew and the county...
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Curfew violation reports decline.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/26/2000; ; 700+ words
; Enforcement of the District's juvenile curfew law began aggressively nine months ago...stopped enforcing the law. More than 500 curfew violators were picked up in 1996, before the curfew law was challenged - and upheld - in court...
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CURFEWS AIM TO CURB YOUTHS; DEBATE RAGES OVER THEIR EFFECT.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 2/9/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...it starts. Both sides agree curfews don't keep delinquents from...can circumvent the intent of curfews by going to neighboring communities...restrictions. They also agree that curfews aren't strictly enforced...haven't been criticized by curfew proponents for their failure...
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Curfew
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...28.342(1). Curfew laws in other states...set forth different curfews for minors of different ages. Curfew laws and ordinances...D. Pa. 1975). Curfew as a Condition of...allow courts to impose curfews on criminal defendants...
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curfew
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of...precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. The curfew has most recently been used in times of turbulence, such as revolution or...
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Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight, ballad by Rose Hartwick Thorpe .
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Hirabayashi v. United States
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
...00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfews for west coast Japanese...intentionally violated the curfew and the order to report to...Hirabayashi believed if he obeyed the curfew and exclusion orders “...upheld the conviction for the curfew violation, and because of...
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Crime Prevention and Punishment
Book article from: Growing Up: Issues Affecting America's Youth
...responsible for their crimes. CURFEWS. To “ break the...jurisdictions have enacted curfews in various cities, towns...reporting gang problems used curfews or other ordinances aimed at...effectiveness. ” Most curfew laws work essentially the same...
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